Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb problems

Hey,
I recently bought a 128Mb Radeon 9800 Pro card for the sole purpose of playing Doom 3 as I'm sure a lot of people have done. My problem is that the game always freezes and kicks me out after the loading screen finishes, even on the lowest settings for everything. Also, Farcry freezes at the splash screen. Any suggestions? I heard maybe a bigger power supply might help?

Specs:

AMD Athlon k7
1.10 GHz processor (as stated in system properties, but optimum speed is advertised as 1.7 +)
512Kb DDRRAM
300W power supply
Windows XP

yeah they use a lot of juice those cards

i believe i once had a K7 motherboard and it was horrible. i replaced it with a KT3 Ultra2 board after, but now I have an A7N8X-E Deluxe which runs great. so check into your mobo and you might want a new power supply, though I ran my 9700 pro on a 250w PSU with an athlon 1800+ and KT3 Ultra2 mobo and 512mb ram.

Your motherboard and powersupply are probably your biggest bottlenecks that prevent you from playing doom. If I were u, id dish out 60-100 bucks for a new mobo and 20 bucks for a decent 350w or higher power supply. I know it make seem alot to spend 80-120 bucks, but it is definitely worth it, even if it is just for doom3.

Originally posted by UofTguy@Aug 15 2004, 12:09 AM
Hey,
I recently bought a 128Mb Radeon 9800 Pro card for the sole purpose of playing Doom 3 as I'm sure a lot of people have done. My problem is that the game always freezes and kicks me out after the loading screen finishes, even on the lowest settings for everything. Also, Farcry freezes at the splash screen. Any suggestions? I heard maybe a bigger power supply might help?

Specs:

AMD Athlon k7
1.10 GHz processor (as stated in system properties, but optimum speed is advertised as 1.7 +)
512Kb DDRRAM
300W power supply
Windows XP

What drivers do you have? go get the 4.7 or 4.9s off ATi.
Power suply, proc, and if u really do have 512kb(kilobit, as in 64kilobyte), then I seriously recommend you get more ram, at least 384MB

o yeh fycus, a 400 watt power supply flat out can cost up to 100 bucks, not 20.

yeah they get pricy £80 sounds bout right

I wouldn't think that it is a hardware issue, although I'd suggest getting a faster cpu, but more likely software. I'd try reinstalling Doom first and then get the latest ATI drivers. If that doesn't work, look up Doom 3 troubleshooting and see if you can find a similar problem and a fix for it. If it still fails to play, you might have a hardware problem, but I can't see it just affecting Doom 3 if you do. Does your computer crash like this in other programs?

I am pretty sure that I have the latest drivers, but I will check if there is a newer one. As for my power supply, I do have a few peripherals attached, so that might be sucking my juice. The only other game that freezes to my knowledge is farcry. Older games don't freeze. Halo runs perfectly, as does Warcraft 3. So in order, I should try downloading the latest drivers, a larger PS, a new MB, and a new processor. Sounds like this might get expensive

I just worry that it's something else, because I have heard of people with the same equipment or worse playing it fine. I know that freezing is a symptom of not having enough power to run the vid card. But is it a symptom of a slow processor too? Mine is 1.10 GHz. The minimum for Doom 3 is 1.5 GHz. Is it possible that your processor speed can change? Because I could have sworn it was like 1.7 GHz when I got it.

i did the same thing...you need the newest driver's.....i used catalyst 4.9 beta...DO IT!


i have a pf 1.7 and 512 ddr and i can play on medium settings with some AA on fine

Yes you can get a 350w supply for 18-80 bucks so stfu you bitches. Im helping this guy out. I still think it has to do with your motherboard and/or powersupply.